Percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty in hypertension associated with neurofibromatosis.
A case of a 19-year-old woman with generalized neurofibromatosis and hypertension due to left main renal artery mesodermal dysplasia is presented. Renal artery stenosis was effectively treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The relevant literature is also reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D004106:Dilatation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*